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The Endevaors of Gods and Mortals

Summary:

Asta Videl thought he was just like everyone else; he lived with his mother and little brother, worked as a priest for the God of Doom, and was just a normal young adult!

But when an earthquake rocks the city of Clover and he risks his life to save others, he finds that instead of being a mortal like he thought, he’s actually a Demigod! With this new revelation, Asta sets out to complete his 12 trials in order to become a God while also trying to raise the status of the God of Doom!

Meanwhile the God of Hope, William Vangeance, has begun to notice more and more mortals are starting to lose hope. While trying to come up with solutions he runs across a young woman who, despite the terrible hand she was dealt, refuses to give up hope. Together, the two will go around the city and try to help the other Gods and Mortals also find their hope again!

Finally, the God of Stars, Yuno Grinberryall, has been cold and closed off ever since he lost his father and lover during the First Divine War. But when a face he’s been waiting 6 centuries for suddenly appears in his temple during the Offering Day, he begins to slowly open up again, while also trying to help them regain their past lives memories.

Chapter 1: A Shaky Exam

Hello everyone!

This is one of many AU’s that I’ve been playing around with since September and is the first of many that I’ll be posting throughout the next few weeks/months! I’ll still be posting COTF: Shadows and Dandelion Wishes weekly, this is more of just something I’m going to work on for fun 😁!

This work will include OC’s, not only from me, but also from my mutuals as well. There will be some shipping in this between canon characters (such as Yamichar, Greyche, Finral x Vanessa) but this will mainly be an Astelle and CC x OC fic/series! I hope you all enjoy~!

Word Count: 2,849

Taglist: @simpingforthisonedeer

Warnings: None

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Elysia. The realm of the Gods. It’s said to be one of the most beautiful and calming places on the planet, and it also happens to be one of the most coveted places. By both mortals, and by the Gods of the Underworld.

Elysia is ruled by Julius Novachrono, the King of the Gods and the God of Time. He is a first generation god, and is the only one left in Elysia. His twin brother, Lucius, was once a God of Elysia, but was banished to the Underworld after he and his siblings tried to stage a coup against the other gods.

Shortly after Lucius’s attempted coup, the second generation Gods were found and created, and then a few centuries after that the third generation was being born and created.

But during that time, Lucius wanted to finish what he started centuries ago, and had now amassed an army in order to do so.

And so, the First Divine War began.

The battle over Elysia raged on for years and years, both sides suffered immense casualties. The Gods of Elysia lost their Sun God, one of their Celestial Goddesses, and had their Goddess of Grief disappear during the battle.

But neither side backed down, neither side gave up, not until the Original God stepped in. The Original God ended all of the battles swiftly and sent all the respective gods back to their worlds. But before he returned to his eternal slumber, the Original God made some…adjustments.

Firstly, he took pity on the Gods that were slain in battle, and so he made sure that each one would be reborn. But he sealed away their memories from their times as Gods. He wanted them to decide in their second life, on their own, if they wanted to become Gods again or if they would prefer to stay mortals.

Secondly, in order to give the Gods of Elysia a new perspective, the Original God decided that mortals would now be allowed to become Gods. But it wouldn’t be easy. Each human would have to go through 12 trials designed uniquely for them in order to become a God, just like the Gods of Elysia had to.

Over the next 6 centuries many mortals tried to become Gods, but most gave up, with only a handful ever finishing their trials.

And one young man, one young demigod, was determined to become one of those handful of people who became a God. As it would bring him one step closer to becoming the King of Gods, just like he dreamed of!

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“ Asta…Asta wake up…ASTA!”

Asta jolted awake as he heard his mothers shouting, he groaned and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He glanced to his right to look out the window and winced as the bright sunlight filtered in through the glass, as his vision began to grow more and more clear he assumed it had to be midday with how bright it was…

Wait, midday?

Asta blinked before turning to grab his alarm clock off his bedside table and he let out a shout.

It was nearly 11 o'clock, he was going to be late!

“ Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!” He shouted loudly as he scrambled out of bed and began throwing on his clothes.

“ I tried to wake you up earlier but you were out like a light.” His mother, Richita, said with a nervous laugh.

“ Yeah, that was because he didn’t get home until 4 hours ago! This idiot forgets that he even needs sleep sometimes!” His younger brother, Liebe, shouted from the kitchen in an annoyed tone.

“ It’s alright! I can use being late as an excuse to get my morning run in, so don’t worry about it!” Asta said brightly as he threw his blue hoodie over his head, he grabbed his duffle bag and rushed towards his bedroom door and past his mother.

“ Do you have everything?” She asked as she watched her eldest child make a detour to the kitchen to ruffle his younger brothers hair, before rushing towards the front door.

“ Yep! I got everything!”

“ Even your sword?”

“ Even my sword!” Asta said with a bright smile as he held up the duffle bag for his mother to see.

“ Alright,” She began slowly and then suddenly realized something. “ Wait a second-!”

But before she could even finish her sentence he had already bolted out the front door. Richita quickly rushed to the kitchen, grabbed what Asta had forgotten, and ran after him.

“ Asta! Asta wait!” Asta turned when he heard his mother shouting for him, and blinked in surprise as something flew towards him.

With his fast reflexes he was able to catch it right before the object hit him in the head. He blinked as he looked at what his mother had thrown to him.

“ A nomotatoe?”

“ You forgot to eat breakfast! So take this and eat it on your way to the temple!” Richita shouted, and Asta nodded.

“ Okay mom!”

“ And one more thing,” She began with a bright smile. “ Good luck! I know you’ll get picked for the Gods exam, so do your best! I believe in you!” She added loudly.

“ I’ll do my best! See you this evening!” Asta shouted back happily as he waved at his mother before taking off running down the sidewalk.

“ Oh my, he’s in quite a hurry.” A voice said softly from beside Richita, and the woman turned to see Lily Aquaria standing there, and she grinned..

“ Yeah he’s running a bit late for the Gods exam,” Richita said with a small laugh. “ but I know he’ll make it there in time!”

“ I’m positive he will too,” Lily laughed softly. “ After all, Asta isn’t known for giving up so easily.”

“ You’re right, he isn’t, and that’s what makes him special.” Richita agreed fondly as she watched her son run further and further down the sidewalk.

She fully believed that when he came home for dinner that evening, he would have excellent news for them!

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Asta ran and ran down the sidewalk, he knew if he didn’t get there before noon then he would not only be excluded from taking part in the Gods exam, but he would most likely be killed by the God he served:

The God of Doom.

A shiver ran down the young man's spine as he picked up the pace, dodging people, cars, and other obstacles that got in his way.

He needed to hurry if he wanted to live long enough to turn 19 years old!

“ I’m here! Hold up, I’m here!” Asta shouted loudly as he made it to the large temple where the exam was going to take place.

Standing at the entrance was the God of Doom himself; Yami Sukehiro. And beside him stood the twelve priests and priestesses for his temple, who all happened to be ‘Minor Gods’.

Firstly there was Finral Roulacase: The God of Romance. Then there was Zora Ideale: The (second) God of Mischief, then Magna Swing: The God of Fire, and Luck Voltia: The God of Lightning.

There was Vanessa Enocteca: The Goddess of Wine, Gauche Adlai: The God of Mirrors and Truth, Grey: The Goddess of Alchemy, and Charmy Pappitson: The Goddess of Food and Crops.

Finally there was Noelle Silva: The Goddess of Water, Secre Swallowtail: The Goddess of Locks and Doorways, Henry Legolant: The God of Animals, and Gordon Agrippa: The God of Poison.

And lastly there was Asta, the only human among them.

“ You’re late, you brat!” Yami said roughly as he stepped forward and grabbed Asta by the top of his head tightly and lifted him off the ground.

“ S-Sorry Lord Yami!” Asta shouted as he flailed in the air, and he heard Noelle sigh from beside them.

“ Seriously BakAsta, you couldn’t have shown up at least a little bit early?” She asked with an annoyed tone, and Asta looked at her.

“ But I’m five minutes early though?!”

“ Stop your yammering and get in there you brat,” Yami said as he turned to his left towards the temple, and without even a second thought he threw Asta inside.

He let out a loud scream as he was sent flying through the temple and eventually skidded across the stone floor, as he slowly began to sit up he heard loud shouts behind him.

“ Good Luck Asta~!”

And then the doors to the temple closed with a loud and resounding thunk.

Asta could hear the gasps, laughs, and whispers as the others stared and watched him. They were all like him; mortal priests who were hopeful that they had done enough work in their respective temples to help them pass the exam today and officially become ‘Gods in training’!

After another minute or two suddenly all of the Gods from Elysia appeared in the balcony above them. The air in the temple grew more and more tense with every God's appearance.

Finally, the God of Hope William Vangeance stepped forward and looked out across the crowd.

“ Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the Gods Exams,” He began loudly but warmly as he looked at the anxious and determined faces of the examinees. “ Today you will have to pass 3 tests in order to be eligible to start the 12 trials to Godhood.”

“ You will need to use your wit, physical strength, and teamwork in order to pass these three tests.” Charlotte Roselei, the Goddess of Beauty, said in a firm tone.

“ We want to see you giving it your all as you use what you’ve learned over the last 6 months at your respective temples in real world scenarios!” Fuegoleon Vermillion, the God of Passion, told them in a fiery and passionate tone.

Asta and the others in the temple nodded.

“ Everyone, good luck today, and do your best,” William began before waving his hand. “ Now, begin the exam!”

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As the exam began, Asta knew he wasn’t going to get very high marks in the wit category of the exam, but was absolutely surprised when he failed the teamwork part of the exam!

And it wasn’t because he didn’t work well with others, it was actually quite the opposite, he worked very well with others! It was the others who had the problem with him.

“ Why would we want to work with a priest from the God of Doom’s temple?”

“ Yeah all you’re gonna do is bring our team bad luck!”

“ Why would I want a useless nobody like you on our team? Get lost, loser!”

Were the ‘reasons’ given to him as to why no one wanted to team up, and even though he got annoyed by their insults, he decided he would surpass his limits just as Lord Yami told him too and would continue on with the exam. Even if that meant he lost points.

But it would be alright. Asta knew he what points he lost during the first two tests he could easily make up for during the final test:

The Physical exam.

“ Is this really the time for you to be taking it easy Asta?” A voice asked from beside him, Asta turned and smiled.

“ Says the guy who didn’t have to take this exam in order to become a God,” Asta pointed out, and the other man smirked a bit.

“ Well if you had been born a God like me you wouldn’t have to take this exam either.” The man chuckled and Asta sighed.

“ Yeah yeah rub it in Yuno, but just wait, because after I pass this exam I’ll definitely catch up to you and then I’ll become the King of Gods!” Asta proclaimed loudly.

Yuno Grinberryall, the God of the Stars, smirked.

The two had met about seven months ago by chance, right before Asta decided to join the God of Dooms temple. It was the annual Star Festival, and Asta was out having fun with his family, when he suddenly noticed a young man around his age getting robbed by a group of men and instead of fighting back he just…stood there and took it.

And instead of just walking past and ignoring it like everyone else, Asta decided to step in and rescue the young man.

And that young man was Yuno.

Yuno watched in disbelief as Asta fought with all his might against the robbers, and even though he took one hell of a beating, he didn’t give up and eventually defeated the robbers.

When Yuno asked why he did that, Asta explained that it was wrong and that he couldn’t stand seeing people bullying those they considered ‘weaker’ than them. When Asta asked Yuno why he didn’t fight back, he explained that Gods weren’t allowed to use their abilities against mortals, and that if they harmed or killed them, then they would be seriously reprimanded.

To say Asta was shocked by Yuno’s nonchalant explanation was an understatement. But once the shock wore off he instantly became excited and began to ask Yuno a lot of questions.

It took the Star God back a bit, but as the two talked, he ended up finding that he enjoyed the shorter man’s company and the two became quick friends.

If Yuno were being honest, Asta was his first ever mortal friend, and the first friend he had had in over 6,329 years.

6,000 years…had it really been that long?

Yuno’s amber eyes averted towards the crowd of people, his gaze scanning their faces and hair as he did, hoping to recognize a familiar face in the crowd…

But a quiet and disappointed sigh escaped his lips.

“ What’s up? Were you looking for someone?” Asta asked curiously as he looked at him. Yuno quickly shook his head.

“ Not at all,” Yuno said before a trumpet sounded in the temple. “ Looks like the exam’s starting again. Good luck out there, although I don’t think you’ll need it.”

“ Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?!” Asta asked in bewilderment before the Star God disappeared. “ Seriously?!”

Asta sighed before shaking his head and turned to see everyone lining up. As he started walking towards the line he froze as the ground beneath the temple began to shake violently.

The Gods all looked at each other with looks of confusion and concern.

“ An earthquake?”

“ Is this part of the exam?”

The confused and concerned voices of the examinees floated up towards the Gods, but they didn’t quite know how to respond since this was not part of the exam.

“ Is this your doing, God of Doom?” Nozel Silva, the God of Regret, asked with a cold glare.

“ I think you’re asking the wrong God, braid boy, isn’t earthquakes the God of Earths thing?” Yami asked as he took a drag from his cigarette. “ But what comes after? Yeah that’s my doing.”

“ What should we do about the exam?” Fuegoleon asked. “ Should we continue on?”

As William began to think about it, suddenly Marx Francois, the God of Memories and personal assistant to the King of Gods, appeared beside him.

“ William, Yami, Nozel you’re needed in the city.” Marx said, his tone serious and solemn. William nodded as Yami sighed.

“ For now, let’s just postpone the exam and let everyone go home and take a break, we’ll continue it later this evening.” William told the others as he, Yami, and Nozel began to walk past the other Gods and towards the portal that would lead them to the earthquake site.

“ Look at how cool Lord Vangeance is! Going to the earthquake site to instill hope to the people!”

“ And what about Lord Silva? Even though being the God of Regret comes with a huge weight, he seems to be carrying himself well!”

“ I dunno, in a way I think Lord Yami has the heaviest burden as the God of Doom. Think about it; he causes so many accidents and a lot of destruction, and gets a ton of hate for it! If I were him, I would rather be the God of Toilets than Doom!”

Asta listened as the words from the other priests floated around him. It was true that Lord Yami had the heaviest burden of all the Gods, at least in Asta’s opinion. He had to destroy and cause misery for those in the world, even if he didn’t want to. But he always had to keep the balance.

That’s what Lord Yami said.

And because of that he was universally hated by most of the citizens of Clover, which was why they got little to no offerings during the Offering Days at the temple. But while Lord Yami told them all that he was fine with being disliked, Asta couldn’t help but wonder if that was his true feelings…or if he had convinced himself of that

Asta hummed in thought, maybe, just maybe there was a way he could turn people’s opinion of the God of Doom around!

With that thought in mind Asta turned and quickly ran out of the temple, passing by the other Priests and Priestesses of the Doom temple, and ran straight for the earthquake sight.

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Thank you all so much for reading and I hope you have a good day~!

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